List of cities in Libya
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This is a list of the 100 largest populated places in Libya. Some places in the list could be considered suburbs or neighborhoods of some large cities in the list, so this list is not definitive.
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No. | City | Population |
---|---|---|
1 | Tripoli / الغرب طرابلس | 2,220,000[1] |
2 | Benghazi / بنغازي | 1,501,000[1] |
3 | Misrata / مصراتة | 550,000 |
4 | Zliten / زليتن | 299,218[2] |
5 | Bayda / البيضاء | 209,000[3] |
6 | Zawiya / الزاوية | 234,000 |
7 | Ajdabiya / اجدابيا | 184,820 |
8 | Tobruk / طبرق | 200,771 |
9 | Sabha / سبها | 103,743 |
10 | Khoms / الخمس | 88,317 |
11 | Derna / درنة | 150,000[1] |
12 | Sabratha / صبراتة | 80,000 |
13 | Zuwara / زوارة | 75,893 |
14 | Kufra / الكفرة | 68,940 |
15 | Marj / المرج | 162,894 |
16 | Tocra / توكرة | 60,681 |
17 | Tarhuna / ترهونة | 50,715 |
18 | Sirte / سرت | 128,123 |
19 | Gharyan / غريان | 170,000 |
20 | Msallata / مسلاتة | 46,169 |
20 | Bani Walid / بني وليد | 95,425 |
21 | Jumayl / الجميل | 39,344 |
22 | Sorman / صرمان | 36,707 |
23 | 32,559 | |
24 | Shahhat / شحات | 28,818 |
25 | Ubari / أوباري | 27,796 |
26 | Asbi'a / الأصابعة | 27,693 |
27 | Jadid | 27,503 |
28 | Waddan / ودان | 27,000 |
29 | El Agheila / العقيلة | 26,813 |
30 | Abyar / الأبيار | 26,600 |
31 | Nofaliya / النوفلية | 25,997 |
32 | Regdalin / رقدالين | 25,831 |
33 | 25,261 | |
34 | Al Qubah / القبة | 70,631 |
35 | Tawergha / تاورغاء * | 24,223 |
36 | Al Maya | 23,222 |
37 | Murzuk / مرزق | 22,395 |
38 | Brega | 21,715 |
39 | 21,642 | |
40 | Hun | 19,816 |
41 | Jalu | 18,873 |
42 | Ajaylat | 18,277 |
43 | Nalut | 17,146 |
44 | Suluq | 16,999 |
45 | 16,282 | |
46 | Zaltan | 15,801 |
47 | Mizda | 13,809 |
48 | Ra's Lanuf | 13,130 |
49 | Al Urban | 12,600 |
50 | Yafran | 12,372 |
51 | 12,263 | |
52 | Umm al Rizam | 12,098 |
53 | Taucheira | 11,723 |
54 | Brak | 11,638 |
55 | 11,179 | |
56 | 10,909 | |
57 | 10,828 | |
58 | Qaminis | 10,713 |
59 | Qatrun | 10,650 |
60 | Benina | 10,522 |
61 | Kikla | 10,350 |
62 | 10,080 | |
63 | Sokna | 9,887 |
64 | Massa | 9,748 |
65 | Bin Jawad | 9,675 |
66 | 9,655 | |
67 | Jadu | 9,653 |
68 | Ghadames | 9,558 |
69 | 9,487 | |
71 | Ghat | 9,228 |
72 | Al Abraq | 8,861 |
73 | 8,836 | |
74 | 8,820 | |
75 | Awjila | 8,515 |
76 | 8,397 | |
77 | Tolmeita | 8,310 |
78 | Zella | 8,202 |
79 | 8,178 | |
80 | 8,130 | |
81 | Martuba | 8,130 |
82 | Traghan | 7,510 |
83 | 7,494 | |
84 | El Bayyada | 7,432 |
85 | Qayqab | 7,297 |
86 | Mashashita | 7,255 |
87 | Bu-Fakhra | 7,142 |
88 | Musaid | 7,139 |
89 | Tacnis | 7,038 |
90 | Susa | 15,038 |
91 | 6,799 | |
92 | 6,754 | |
93 | Tazirbu | 6,600 |
94 | Jadid | 6,598 |
95 | Farzougha | 6,564 |
96 | Qaryat ‘Umar al Mukhtar | 6,521 |
97 | Bi'r al Ashhab | 6,399 |
Source:Amraja M. el Khajkhaj, "Noumou al Mudon as Sagheera fi Libia", Dar as Saqia, Benghazi-2008, pp. 118-123.
- Tawarga became a ghost city after Libyan Civil War (2011).
See also[]
- Transliteration of Libyan placenames
- List of metropolitan areas in Africa
- List of largest cities in the Arab world
References[]
- ^ a b c Libya, spiegel 2011
- ^ Libyan rebels advance to edge of Tripoli, trappings of Gadhafi's regime crumbling[permanent dead link] Yahoo, accessed 21 Aug 2011
- ^ The New York Times, 2011 Mar 6
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cities in Libya. |
- Libya: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population at archive.today (archived 2012-12-04)
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- Populated places in Libya
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